[LINK] k] Sharing info on the 'Semantic Web' or 'Giant Global Graph' - 14 May UNSW

[Antony Barry]

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> From: "David Vaile" <d.vaile at unsw.edu.au>
> Date: 6 May 2008 3:43:15 PM
> To: <link at anumail0.anu.edu.au>
> Subject: [LawTechTalk] Sharing info on the 'Semantic Web' or 'Giant  
> Global Graph' - 14 May UNSW
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>
> Dear colleague,
>
> UNSW's Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre invite you to the next free  
> seminar in the 2008 Cyberspace Law and Policy Series:
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>   "Sharing info on the 'Semantic Web' or 'Giant Global Graph':  
> unresolved legal issues"
>
> Speaker: Pierre-Paul Lemyre, LexUM, Canada
>
>  Date:  Wednesday 14 May 2008
>  Time:  1:00-2:00 pm
>  Venue: Room 101, first floor, Faculty of Law building,
>         UNSW lower campus (near Roundhouse), Kensington, Sydney
>  Map:   http://www.unsw.edu.au/maps/kensington.pdf
>
> Abstract:
>
>    Software developers realized the benefits generated by making  
> their source code freely available to others years ago. In time,  
> the success of the open source software (OSS, or sometimes F/LOSS)  
> model demonstrated that opening access to information is not just  
> about distributing it in a more equitable fashion, it is also an  
> effective method to boost the production of knowledge. If anything  
> facilitated the expansion of this collaborative process, it is the  
> appearance of software licenses designed to exploit the protections  
> of copyright laws in order to secure the openness of software.
>
>    This model inspired a broad range of commercial and non-profit  
> initiatives generating value by promoting the mass collaboration of  
> individuals over shared sets of information. Based on wikis, blogs,  
> social tagging or social networking technologies, these ventures  
> have gave birth to a business revolution that has come to be dubbed  
> "Web 2.0". The development of dedicated licensing schemes has been  
> crucial in this outcome. The Creative Commons movement, in  
> particular, have been extremely helpful in clarifying the spectrum  
> of rights and reuse conditions attached to freely accessible  
> information. (The Australian-initiated Free for Education licence  
> under the AEShareNet/TVET suite also offers a domain specific  
> application of similar principles.)
>
>    But if the current 'information commons' have been developed in  
> independent channels, some anticipate that the next step in the  
> evolution of the Web will make their seamless integration possible.  
> This development should create tremendous opportunities for those  
> capable of building innovative services and knowledge products on  
> top of this shared knowledge base.
>
>    While the technological foundations of this 'Web of ideas',  
> 'Semantic Web' or 'Giant Global Graph' are raising off the ground,  
> we need to think about the legal framework that will support the  
> whole structure. For distributed information systems to thrive,  
> some old legal issues need to be resolved. Additional attention  
> should be given to license incompatibilities resulting from the  
> fragmentation of rights by conditions, jurisdictions and data formats.
>
>    Privacy concerns over the sharing of sensible data should also  
> be addressed.
>
>    This presentation proposes possible solutions to reduce the  
> remaining legal obstacles to the aggregation of freely accessible  
> information.
>
> About the Speaker:
>
> Pierre-Paul Lemyre is one of the leading researchers at LexUM, the  
> legal information technologies laboratory of the Law Faculty at  
> Université de Montréal in Canada, like AustLII a member of the Free  
> Access to Law movement. From September 2007 to August 2008, he is  
> on study leave at the University of Technology, Sydney, working on  
> his Ph.D. Before this he was in charge of the business development  
> of LexUM, particularly at the international stage where he  
> contributed to building relationships with numerous founding  
> agencies and local partners. He is interested in the challenges  
> that lasting development poses, with extended experience in the  
> improvement of access to legal information in developing countries.  
> He is also recognized as an expert on legal issues related to free  
> and open source software.
>
> Bookings:
>
> Entry is free, no need to book. If you are coming from off campus  
> please RSVP to feedback [at] cyberlawcentre.org.
>
>
> Regards,
> David
>
> David Vaile
> Executive Director
> Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, UNSW
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